To catch silver carp, Youtube will show you that all you need is a baseball mitt and a boat engine: the engine will startle them so they leap out of the water and into your glove (warning: flying silver carp smack fishers and knock kids into the water). It’s a homegrown solution, but...
Hillsdale’s Qualite Sports Lighting is one of the world’s top stadium lighting companies. Its newest lighting system — the Q-LED Gamechanger Series — was recently nominated to win the Edison Award, which recognizes product development innovations. Qualite’s main office has been located in Hillsdale for nearly 30 years while making a name for...
Dawn Townley rejected a settlement offered by the defendants in the Dawn Townley v. Hillsdale City Council, Hillsdale Board of Public Utilities, David Mackie, and Mike Barber case. It will go to trial Sept. 8. Townley, previously employed by the Hillsdale Board of Public Utilities as finance controller, filed suit against the city of...
One roadblock keeps Hillsdale residents from quality internet access: it isn’t yet profitable to extend the fiber optic network looping around the city to private homes. That means city residents — and those in the surrounding townships and county — are limited to local providers that struggle to provide reliable, quality internet in a...
The statue of Winona, the daughter of Potawatomi chief Baw Beese, has been sent to the foundry for bronze casting. The final sculpture will be unveiled in Mrs. Stock’s Park this June. Until then, children in the community will have an opportunity to learn about Hillsdale’s history and the Winona statue through a coloring page...